The main force of the 6th Sentai is still fighting fiercely against the recalcitrant American troops on Agrihan Island, which is still the focus of the entire battlefield. There could be at least three field airfields on this island (there was enough space to expand for heavy bombers) and this was the focus of the entire campaign, and it was the key to covering the next move of the 6th team, so the main force of the 6th team did not shift.

On the morning of 15 July, a submarine returning home to the waters north of Asunción received a telegram from the naval headquarters and arrived at the temporary pier on Asunción in the afternoon. In the evening, a small unit of officers of the 6 Scouts (the predecessor of the Special Forces of the 6 Corps of the Imperial Navy) was placed on the submarine. After dark, the submarine left Asunción Island and headed south as fast as possible.

The task of the submarine was to send this small force to the island of Aramagan. This is the fifth island in the Mariana Islands from north to south (the Maug Islands are counted as an island) is not large, only one-fifth of Agrihan Island (about three square kilometers, the maximum width of 18oo meters) but the terrain is relatively flat, only the central peak is more than 2oo meters above sea level, two airports can be built in the coastal area, if the reclamation method is extended by 200 meters, you can also build a runway 15oo meters long, enough for heavy bombers to take off and land.

Because the island was so small and heavily defended to the north that Pagan Island was used as a barrier, the U.S. forces deployed only one company on the island, which was later strengthened, and established an air command station on the island, and deployed a radar (detached from a heavy cruiser of Task Force 17 that had fled to Guam) to pilot bombers on bombing missions to Agrihan.

The scout officers of the 6th Sentai who traveled on the submarine were all extremely good veterans, all of whom had rich combat experience, and the two who led the team had participated in all the battles of the 6th Sentai since the outbreak of the war, and they were the first to go ashore. At that time, the Tang Empire did not have such terms as "special forces" or "special forces", and by today's standards, these scouts are veritable special forces! Their mission was to secretly land on the island of Aramagan and reconnoiter the troops who would later ascend to 6. And to provide target information for bombers.

It's a special mission, and no one has done it before, let alone a submarine to an unfamiliar island. The scouts learned of the operation during daylight on the 15th, and at first they all thought that the commander who had come to give the assignment was joking. But soon they learned that this was not a joke, but a real battle! After a few hours of short training, the 22-man assault team boarded the submarine and went out. They are not afraid of death, and they have been born and died dozens of times on the battlefield. For them, death is nothing more than a long sleep. Their fear was that they would not be able to complete the mission, after all, it was an unprecedented mission.

The submarine sailed on the surface of the sea all night, and according to submarine tactics, at dawn, when the submarine was sailing in the waters of the theater of operations, it had to dive and then float up again when it was dark. But in order to rush for time, the submarine did not dive at dawn, but kept sailing south at the fastest surface level of 16 knots. Just after seven o'clock, a group of naval and ground fighters flew over the submarine. The officers and men on the submarine were waving. These are the fighters who escort the bombers to bomb Saipan and other islands. But it didn't take long for the siren on the submarine to go off, and then it made an emergency dive. Less than ten minutes after diving to the surface. A group of American warplanes flew over the submarine, this is the American bombers and escort fighters who went to bomb Agrihan Island!

At this time, the submarine did not dare to easily surface the sea, the US air force still controlled the air supremacy in the southern part of the islands, and in a fierce battle with the Tang Imperial Air Force in the middle of the islands, US planes appeared at any time, if it was revealed, this operation would be a complete failure, and it was impossible for the 6 th Sentai to organize a second scout officer commando in a short period of time. As a result, the submarine arrived on the island of Alamagan four hours later than scheduled. It was not until half past eleven on the night of the sixteenth (the plan was half past seven, that is, after dawn, the dinner time of the American troops) that they reached a nautical mile from the island of Aramagan. Submarines can only send scouts here. The water depth in the vicinity is less than 2o meters, and there are many reefs, so the submarine is extremely easy to run aground, and it is easier for the US military patrolling the island to be seen.

After raising the periscope, the captain of the submarine announced a very bad piece of news. There were American patrols on the beach in front, and submarines could not venture to the surface. This stumped the Scouts, they were indeed very good fighters. But they're not fish, so they can't swim out of the submarine by themselves! The submarine officers are also helpless, the submarine is just a sealed subway coffin, there is not even a hole in it, how to let the scouts inside out?

In the end, it was not a scout, nor an officer on a submarine, but an ordinary sailor, a sailor in the torpedo department. The sailor's bold solution was that the scout himself climbed out of the torpedo tube and swam to the beach. The diameter of the torpedo tube on the submarine is 55o mm, which is a little wider than a person's shoulder. Moreover, now the submarine is in the diving area, and the sea water outside is only about ten meters deep, and you can float up with your breath. It was a bold idea, no one had ever tried to use a torpedo tube as a window before, but it was the only way at the time, and it was exactly what the scouts were like, and since no one had tried it, let them try it!

It didn't go well when he left the submarine, and a slightly burly scout was almost stuck in a torpedo tube, but his companion swam back and pulled him out. Fortunately, the Navy 6 does not like big men when selecting officers and men (6 is often active on battleships, and the space of battleships is limited. In addition, in order to be able to fit into the 6 ships, and to minimize the displacement, the officers and soldiers are also required not to be too strong) and the scouts will not choose those who are too big (the combat characteristics of the scouts are determined) These officers and soldiers are not very burly, they belong to the lean type, and the others swim out smoothly.

After half an hour of swimming in the cold waters (even in the tropics, the water temperature is not too high in January, especially at night), I finally set foot on the beach. After a patrol of U.S. troops passed, the 22 men quickly rushed to the coconut grove on the beach, and then untied the weapon bags tied to their legs. It is impossible to carry a weapon on the body when swimming out of the torpedo tube. It was all in a large plastic bag and tied to the ankle with rope. This allows it to be waterproof without hindering the Scout's movements.

The American GIs on the island would never have dreamed that a 22-person commando team would come to the island on a submarine, let alone that these 22 people were the best fighters of the Imperial 6 Sentai team, and perhaps the best fighters in the world at that time. And American GIs would never have thought about the mission of these people, and what these imperial "special forces" wanted to do.

The vigilance of the US military on the island was not high, just after twelve o'clock. Most of the U.S. officers and men went to rest, with only one squad of electronic officers operating radar and radio, two patrol squads, and one guard squad guarding radar stations. In other words, at that time, there were only four squads of American troops on the island with their eyes open, and one of these squads was a non-combat unit, two squads were patrolling outside, and there was not even a single sentry in the American camp!

When the team member in charge of the reconnaissance came back and told the story, the 22 scouts who were bolder than the sky immediately had a common idea. What does it mean to just do reconnaissance? And God knows when the bombers will come, and maybe the bombers will drop a bomb and kill themselves. The leaders discussed for only five minutes. Then it's decided. Since you want to do it, let's do something earth-shattering. Soon, the rest of the team agreed to do a big job. Soon. The task was assigned, although there were only 22 people, but their combat effectiveness, especially in this kind of infiltration and skirmish, was enough to withstand a battalion!

22 people did what they said, and they really did it. At 12:43 p.m., the 22 men were divided into five combat groups, one of which entered the U.S. camp, found the ammunition and supply warehouse, and quickly made several time bombs (directly converted from U.S. mines) and placed them in the ammunition depot and fuel depot. The second group was ambushed outside the American camp, with three machine gunners, two assault men, and five people all very well selected, with three machine guns and three submachine guns covering every corner of the camp. The third and fourth teams were ambushed on the road patrolling the American forces. The final group consisted of four leading officers, whose mission was the most important, to blow up the radar station and communications center and take out the American troops there.

At 12:58 a.m., all five groups of scouts were in position. Although none of these scouts have been trained in "special operations". But they are all proficient in raid tactics, and they know how to cooperate and how to conduct this kind of battle in which less fights more, faster fights slower, and unprepared battles with assaults.

The most important thing is to blow up the radar station and communication center, so that the US troops on the island will not have time to get in touch with the rear and send the news of the attack, so that by the time the US military reacts, a large number of 6 teams have already landed on the island, and the few hours of time won are more important than anything else. The second is to quickly kill the patrol squads. The U.S. troops in these two squads are all fully armed, and although their vigilance is not high, they all have combat effectiveness, and when they fight, bullets can still kill people. In the end, it is to use heavy troops (two groups, but only 1o people) to kill all the American troops in the camp, so that the American troops are finished when they are armed, so that they can control the island and can bask in the sun and wait for the arrival of the large army!

This plan is quite risky, but it also has a good chance of success, and victory is even more significant. One scout dares to bomb the enemy's headquarters, and 22 scouts may dare to go to Washington and kill the enemy chieftain directly, will they care about the more than 100 American troops on this island?

At one o'clock, the four scouts in charge of taking out the radar station and the communications center took out the eleven American troops outside the radar station (the communication center and the radar were standing together). These four men were so skilled that the eleven American GIs didn't know who killed them until they died. At 10:10 a.m., the scouts planted several bombs outside the radar station. Instead of rushing to detonate the bomb, they waited until several groups were in action at the same time, and the time when it was decided to open fire was the time when the American patrol entered the ambush circle!

At 1:25 a.m., two U.S. communications noncommissioned officers who had come out to relieve themselves were stabbed in half with bayonets. Almost at the same time, the two groups ambushed on the line of the American patrol opened fire at the same time (both assault groups accurately calculated the time of arrival of the American troops when choosing the ambush site) As soon as the gunfire came, the bomb outside the radar station was detonated, and before the smoke could disperse, two scouts entered with submachine guns, and then two other scouts also rushed in. By the time the four of them rushed out with a "smirk", the battle on the camp side had also entered a white-hot state.

The sound of gunfire and explosions woke up the American soldiers in the camp, because the sound of explosions arrived immediately after the gunshots, and the American GIs thought that they had been bombed, but before most of the American GIs came to their senses, the bullets flew over, and dozens of American GIs died in their own beds. The other American soldiers immediately rolled out of bed and picked up the guns placed nearby in a panic, but most of them only found pistols, and some timid recruits even held their heads and hid under the bed and cried.

The battle here is not easy, after all, it is more than 100 US troops, even if it is more than 100 pigs, it will take half a day, not to mention more than 1oo soldiers who have reacted and are organizing resistance? Ten scouts held the fire point outside the camp to the death, and four were already dead before the scouts from the other three groups arrived. But this was the end of the battle, when more than a dozen assault men with submachine guns came out of the shadows of the fire like ghosts, and when the time bombs buried in the ammunition depot and fuel depot were detonated, the American army's will to resist was also blown into the sky.

The battle lasted only until 1:38, and the last group of more than 20 American officers and soldiers surrendered their weapons and surrendered to the scouts of the Tang Empire. Thirteen minutes before and after the battle, 22 scouts lost 4 men, 5 wounded (only one of them seriously wounded), 164 enemy killed, 28 captured, and successfully captured the island of Aramagan. Previously, the 6th Sentai planned to spend at least one day and devote two battalions of troops to complete the occupation task!

This was the first special operation in military history, and it was from this time that the two new words "special forces" and "special forces" appeared in the military dictionary!